Imagine casting off most of your worldly possessions to live on a sailboat you bought on the Internet – perhaps without even seeing it, or knowing how to tie a knot or hoist the mainsail. For some ...

The marine biologist who lost his arm after being hit by a boat on Thanksgiving Day last year is dedicating his life to promoting boating safety awareness. The marine biologist who lost his arm after ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Saturday, May 22 was the start of National Safe Boating Week. Led by the National Safe Boating Council, the purpose of the campaign is to educate boaters and passengers on how to ...

Boat life: The Hitchcock family left their home in Colorado to live aboard a catamaran they bought early in the pandemic. Here, Konstantina is anchored in the Berry Islands in the Bahamas.

Two people have died in Pennsylvania boating accidents already in 2023, and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission wants to curb the chances for more fatalities with one primary piece of advice: ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Illinois Conservation Police are reminding people to wear life jackets anytime they’re on the water and to only operate boats ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — May is National Water Safety Month, which also includes Safe Boating Week May 22 through 28. Boating-related incidents are blamed for an average of 350 deaths each year ...

About 40% more boaters are surviving accidents in Pennsylvania since a winter life-jacket requirement was implemented 10 years ago. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's boating accident data ...

"What if I were to die tomorrow, what would you do for the rest of your life?" That's what Malaysian Samantha Khoo asked her Singaporean husband Rene Sullivan in 2017, when he came home late from a ...

As legal frameworks lag behind a rapidly expanding boating industry, all watercrafts should be held to the same safety and accountability standards as automobiles, particularly in crowded waterways.